02x08 - Right Place, Wrong Time

[bunniefuu]

Quill, the Helmet told me
what I have to do.

You must never let
the Cocoon be opened, ever!

I'm trusting you on this.

Wait. What are you gonna do?

What's necessary.

Gamora!

I... am Groot.

Gamora made the ultimate sacrifice
to protect the galaxy from the Believers.

She was a fine warrior,
and I swear she shall be avenged.

And I swear to tear down
the wall between our bunks

so mine can get bigger,
just like Gammy made me promise.

I do not recall such an oath.

Hey! I'm grieving here!

So much more room to sleep.

As far as I'm concerned,
Gamora's still out there,

and you're all wasting
a whole lot of time.

Or did you forget about these?

The Quantum Bands glowed when Gamora
and I were both touching them.

They're glowing now because
she's trying to contact me.

Yeah, and that krutackin' thing
glowed when it vaporized her.

Glowin' don't mean flarg, Quill.

Gamora's...

She's gone, okay?

I am Groot.

Ah, Groot.

You always got just
the right thing to say.

Fine. We disagree
on what happened to Gamora,

but I promised her I'd make sure
that Cocoon would never open,

and I'm gonna keep that promise

right now.

I am Groot.

Don't be dense.
Or, you know, denser.

This cryo-volcano's been
dormant for centuries.

Now let's get back to the ship
before my tail freezes off.

Hold up, Rocket.

There's one more thing we gotta do:

Play Gamora's favorite song
one last time.

But you said she was still alive.

That's not the point, Drax.
Hit it!

♪ 'Cause it took so long
to bake it ♪

♪ And I'll never have
that recipe again ♪

♪ Again ♪

You idiot! Gamora hated
all your krutackin' songs!

And she loved hating this one the most.

Oh, man! Not during
my air drum solo!

The terrible music Quill enjoys
has reactivated the volcano.

Everyone, return to the ship!

Guys, it's no big deal. I'll just
use the tractor beam to...

Okay, the controls are frozen up.

Ugh! Can't we even
get a memorial right?

Let's focus on escaping
before the next memorial

is ours!

Let's jet to the ship before
that cryo-volcano freezes us solid.

Huh?

Rocket!

Hang on!

Oh!

I am Groot!

Thanks, bud.
Now, get us up to the ship.

I am Groot!

Any bright ideas, Quill?

- And don't say another krutackin' song!
- Oh, really?

'Cause "Stairway to Heaven" is
about to save your furry butt.

Ugh! Finally.

One more bar of this
so-called music,

and I'd fly straight
into that volcano myself.

Ah, it's kind of fitting, I guess.

- Gamora loves narrow escapes.
- She hated narrow escapes.

- She...
- Not "hated," Rocket. "Hates."

She's still out there.

Okay.

I may not be able to hold a memorial
right, or escape an ice volcano right,

but no one is ever gonna
touch that Cocoon, Gamora.

And this drum solo's for you.

Oh!

Quill! What are you doing here?

What happened to Gamora?

Nebula, I...
Wait. Gamora's alive?

Gamora's alive! Whoo!

In your pointy little muzzle, Rocket!

Oh, I guess that means the
High Evolutionary's alive too.

His minions have been
hunting us since we arrived.

I suggest you run.

Ah, Gammy, I'm gonna miss ya,

but this extra elbow room
will sure help soften the blow.

- Rocket, how am I back here?
- Hmm?

And why is there a hole in my wall?

Your species has ghosts?

It was Quill's idea! Haunt him!

Okay, you got any bright ideas on
how to get away from these things?

As my father Thanos used to say:

"You don't have to be faster
than the Morag Raptor,

just faster than the slowest
person it's chasing."

Oh, that's low, Nebula, even for you!

Uhh... Not the face!

Not the face!

- Trim your nails! Aah!
- I am Groot!

Rocket, why are you attacking Quill?

That ain't Quill.
It's Gamora's ghost!

Okay, first of all, Gamora's alive.
Nebula just told me.

It is as I feared, Groot.

They have both gone insane with grief.

I am Groot.

Who you calling insane?

And why are you agreeing with him?

I believe you, Rocket.
I was there.

- Where?
- Somewhere else.

Me and Nebula were running from the
High Evolutionary's hench-freaks when,

pe-zah, I was back here again.

Uh-huh. So how did you "pe-zah"
there in the first place, huh?

Well, let's see. I mean, I was
finishing my drum solo, so...

Bah!

Huh?

Gamora, you were not vaporized.

I... I am Groot!

It's good to see you all.

I never thought I'd ask this,
but where's Quill?

Oh-ho-ho! Ah, this is funny.

Whenever Quill hits those
Quantum Bands together,

you and him switch places!

Too soon?

Which means Quill
is inside the Cocoon now?

- I am Groot?
- Say what now?

We thought its energy vaporized people.

It didn't. It teleported us
to a realm within the cocoon.

Oh. Hmm.

That realm, uh...

It wouldn't be getting colder
by any chance, would it? Huh?

Yes. Why?

We, uh, threw the Cocoon
into a cryo-volcano.

You what?

What could this infernal place
possibly throw at us next?

Not "infernal," "glacial."

We threw the Cocoon into an ice volcano.
It's freezing solid!

Didn't you hear me? This whole
place is freezing over!

We gotta get out of here ASAP!

Don't tell me you're afraid
of a little ice, human?

Nah. It's the big ice
I'm scared of.

Never thought I'd miss
getting punched in the face!

Whoa! Who knew these bands
could do that?

Give me those Quantum Bands!
Now!

Well, when you put it...
Oh, look over there!

You must be famished. Eat. Oh!

Not the face!

What is wrong with you?

The phrase you're looking for
is "thank you."

- I didn't ask you to save me.
- But I did.

We may be enemies,
but you'll always be my sister.

Maybe our feud is less
than useful right now.

We'll have a better chance of surviving
this place if we work together.

It started to rain
giant icicles, like...

Like as big as Groot. Mmm!

I am Groot.

That's when I realized
we must have accidentally

frozen the whole realm when we
tossed that Cocoon in the volcano.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What do you mean "we"?

Fine. I tossed it
into the volcano.

We've still gotta get it out
before Gamora freezes in there.

Still not feeling the "we" here.

I think this storm
is actually getting worse.

At least the Hybrids can't spot us.

Let's hope it stays that way.

I want the High Evolutionary's ship
as far away as possible from...

Nebula, the ship...

It doesn't have any ice on it.

- It's warm.
- And here I didn't think

I could hate that
miserable monster more.

We have to get to whatever's
heating that ship.

We might be able to modify it
to reheat the realm,

buy the Guardians time to save us.

You save the realm, I'll thaw my hands.

Assuming you have any idea
how to get up there.

Never doubt a
daughter of Thanos.

Race you inside.

Oh-ho, it's on, sister!

Having trouble keeping up?
Need me to slow down for you?

Ha! Never did, never will.

Looks like I win, sister.

That was just the first round.

The real challenge lies ahead.

Silence!
Genetically questionable blue oaf!

If you continue to distract me, Yondu,

I will have you reduced to a
pleasantly variegated smear.

Now let me finish
recharging the heating core,

and then we can see what your paltry
genetic makeup has to offer me.

If we can take the power core
and turn it on full blast,

the energy differential should be enough
to drain that pompous psychopath.

Then we funnel the heat out all at
once and hopefully thaw the realm.

That's a temporary solution
at best, if your Guardians

can't retrieve the Cocoon
from the cryo-volcano.

Relax. Even Quill can handle
picking up an unmoving object.

Easy. Easy!

Okay. Wait. I see it.

Just give me a little more slack.
Whoa! Aah! Whoa!

Whoa! Okay, too much slack!

Whoa!

Rocket, don't lower the winch yet!

Quill!

Rocket! Groot! I'm down here!

- I am Groot! I am Groot!
- What?

Oh, krutack.

Sorry, Gammy.

Ohh...

Oh!

Quill, get us outta here!

If you intruders wish
to share in my ship's heat,

I have a specimen cage ready for you.

I meant teleport us, you idiot!

Hybrids, detain them!

I am Groot.

I said I was sorry.

Saying it again ain't gonna
thaw her out any faster.

My comfort's not important.

I have to retrieve the Cocoon
before everyone inside it freezes.

Yeah, but you don't gotta be stupid.
Insulated force field.

Two separate energy fields
with a vacuum between them.

Keeps heat in and ice out.

What do we do if Quill makes
another surprise visit.

You mean when he messes
this whole thing up?

Don't worry. Me and Groot
got it all worked out.

Oh, man! I mean, would it k*ll the High
Evolutionary to mark his exits clearly?

Huh?

If you can't figure out
how to save us, I will!

- Nebula?
- Aw, krutack.

Groot, we're gonna need
to modify the plan.

Huh?

Oh!

Another stowaway. And this
one without a w*apon.

How very tragic.

Insulated force field.
Thank you, Rocket.

Stop her!

Get off! You already escaped!

You're too stupid to use the
bands to save your own skin,

you don't deserve to wield their power!

She's got a point, Quill.

Yeah. She's also got a really
strong grip, so get her off me!

Come on!

Not the Quantum Bands!

Whoa! Groot! Backup
Plan , and double it!

- Go!
- I am Groot!

What did my sister do now?

I am Groot!

Ugh! Let go!

You can't want to stay here,
you miserable shrub!

We don't got much time.

Get down there, grab the Cocoon,
and don't ask questions!

- And I will pilot the ship.
- What did I just say?

I said "don't ask questions," not
"say the dumbest thing possible."

You are the galaxy's worst pilot!

I have been practicing.

We're on autopilot.
You don't gotta do nothing.

I do not have to do nothing,

therefore I do have to do
something... I understand.

Huh?

Just a little lower.

I have the Cocoon. Pull me up.

I do not know what that flashing means.

But Drax the Destroyer
will not be defeated by buttons.

The forecast calls for a heat wave.

Drax, the ship's icing up!

You wanted to do something.
Do it!

Fear not. Drax the
Destroyer will not do nothing.

Yeah, th... Wait. What?

Let me go! If we fall back into
that water, we'll both freeze.

I am Groot. I am Groot.

, ...

I better get up to the cockpit.
Drax needs help.

- No, he don't.
- Yes, he does!

Well, too bad! I need her more.

See, I was almost too late
to do this...

Rocket!

And that could've thrown
the whole plan off.

Rocket, what am I supposed to do now?

You might wanna tie that
around your waist.

Just sit tight until I say so.

This isn't the type
of place I wanna sit at all!

Yeah, we all gotta make sacrifices.

Three, two, one...

No! Wait!

I am Groot!

Huh?

Whoo! Nice timing, Groot!

Yeah, perfect plan, Rocket!

It's just but one quick thing: Gamora and
Groot are trapped on the other side!

Don't get your hairless hide in a whirl.
I ain't done yet.

Now help out
and fire-blast her arms.

Gently. These things are
super brittle right now.

Groot, if you have a plan,
now's the time.

I am Groot. I am Groot.

I am Groot!

No!

No! No!

All right, Groot!

Can we time an escape,
or what? Ha!

You didn't give up on me, Quill.

The button defeated me! I could
not resist its enticing flash!

It's all right, Drax. Set a course
for the nearest Nova Corps outpost.

I promised I'd make sure that Cocoon never
opened, and I'm gonna do just that.

Even if it means...
telling the truth.

Now, we asked if you found anything else
in the Sarcophagus, and you said...

No. I know.
But now I'm saying yes.

See? This is why I have trouble
trusting you, Quill.

We've gone over this before.

You can keep this safe, correct?

Nova Corps headquarters has the best
temporal stasis fields in the galaxy.

Once we get it to Xandar,
this thing's never gonna open.

You have my word, which is
actually worth something.

Really? We're just handing
over the priceless artifact,

not to mention giving up any bounty

on the intergalactic criminals
still trapped inside that thing?

If I were you, Rocket,
I'd worry less about units

and more about sleeping arrangements.

G-Gammy...

Next time I'm leaving her
in the Cocoon.